Evolution of the protein repertoire.

Chothia, Cyrus; Gough, Julian; Vogel, Christine; Teichmann, Sarah A · Science · 2003

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Most proteins have been formed by gene duplication, recombination, and divergence. Proteins of known structure can be matched to about 50% of genome sequences, and these data provide a quantitative description and can suggest hypotheses about the origins of these processes.

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